Awards season round tables have practically become de rigeur, with several press outlets jumping into the game and rounding up a number of Oscar contenders for sit-down chats about their craft. The LA Times' Envelope screening series has various videos to peruse, including the one below of actors in the running for nominations: Emma Thompson ("Saving Mr. Banks"), Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave"), Harrison Ford ("42"), Forest Whitaker ("Lee Daniels' The Butler") and Oscar Isaac ("Inside Llewyn Davis"). Watch below.

Awards season round tables have practically become de rigeur, with several press outlets jumping into the game and rounding up a number of Oscar contenders for sit-down chats about their craft. The LA Times' Envelope screening series has various videos to peruse, including the one below of actors in the running for 2014 nominations: Emma Thompson ("Saving Mr. Banks"), Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave"), Harrison Ford ("42"), Forest Whitaker ("Lee Daniels' The Butler") and Oscar Isaac ("Inside Llewyn Davis"). Watch below.